Barry Bonds is the best player in Major League Baseball. Congrats to him and Capriati! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Don't be confused, this is a very American list so the awards go to the top American athletes and is awarded from an American sport perspective.

Shane54

Dec 29th, 2001, 05:46 AM

Hey Rasputin! I have to disagree that these are very "American lists"...there are several like Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut who were from very "communist" countries at the time they won it....

Rasputin

Dec 29th, 2001, 06:01 AM

Yeah, but they're the exceptions. They and several other non-Americans (Dawn Fraser, Fanny Blankers-Koen) won because they made a huge splash at the Olympics and/or otherwise became well-known in the US. There are loads of baseball and American football players, but no soccer players.

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Martian KC

Dec 29th, 2001, 02:07 PM

But when you have great years like Nadia and Olga did I think you deserve it. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">